About the Authors

Sérgio Gomes da Silva

sgomesilva@hotmail.com; arida.nexp@epm.br

Affiliations Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo—SP, Brazil, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo—SP, Brazil, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC), Mogi das Cruzes—SP, Brazil

Alexandre Aparecido de Almeida

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo—SP, Brazil

Jansen Fernandes

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo—SP, Brazil

Glauber Menezes Lopim

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo—SP, Brazil

Francisco Romero Cabral

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo—SP, Brazil

Débora Amado Scerni

Affiliation Disciplina de Neurologia Experimental, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo—SP, Brazil

Ana Virgínia de Oliveira-Pinto

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro—RJ, Brazil

Roberto Lent

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro—RJ, Brazil

Ricardo Mario Arida

sgomesilva@hotmail.com; arida.nexp@epm.br

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo—SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGS RMA. Performed the experiments: SGS AAA JF GML AVOP. Analyzed the data: SGS RMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SGS RL RMA. Wrote the paper: SGS RMA. Provided expertise on isotropic fractionator method, contributed to cell analysis, participated in the manuscript preparation and discussions: AVOP RL. Participated in the manuscript preparation and discussions: FRC DAS.